Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-20
A CHAT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO
The Golden Gate Ence More 0n
the Up GraGe-DirectiOn Tia
ken by settlement-Expa
south and West-Massive and
Imposing Structures-Thc BO-
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Editorial Correspondence.

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&Ol,s,
Editorial Correspondence.
DEAR HERALD:-Having been much
in San Francisco OF late, and having
made frequent and som etimes extended
visits here yearly since the dark days Of
10 and 80, it occurred to me that your
readers might relish few remarks upon
the present status of the city of the Col.
den Gate. Ga the assumption that the
! Inter State Commerce bill shall not have
any very sweeping i'll effects upon the
place, have no hesitation in express
ing the opinion that San Francisco makes
better showing now than she Las done
since the great bonanza excitement. 1t
is true that the visitor is still treated to
someth hing of the old chronic growl, but
it is not anything like the dogged and
despaiIing yawp of the old slough.of-
Despond days. The retailer will
still in many cases tell you that trade is
overdone, and that he is not making
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linipg.to the.cloud expression on his face
which gives the lie to his words. Two
years and even one year ago you con!d
plainly see that be meant what he said.
Press him to the poiut now, and he will
reluctantly admit that things are better
than they were, and you will shortly
learn that his discomfort is more owing
to the exactions of his landlord than to
any failure to DO good business. The
wholesale trade has for quite whils
past been strong and remun srative. The
truth is that San Francisco had teen
somewhat overbuilt at time when the
Consolidated Virginia and California
mines quit paying their enormous divi-
dends Of 1850, 600 monthly. each, and
she had not recovered when the with
drawal of large portions of her trade,
towards the south, first, aud and towards
the north afterward, gave her blow
which would have staggered any city on
the continent. That she has about got
over these drawbacks, and is starting in
again on career Of substantial prosper.
ity, abundant signs indicate. Her busi-
ness men have at length learned that
manufactures are great help, to con-.
mercial city, and San Francisco has made
creditable progress in this line during
the past lustrum. Her capitalists have
also found out that their shekels can
be most protitably used in develop
ing the country Immediately tributary to
this place, and they have been guided by
more generous policy in their dealings
with the interior, thus replacing the lost
distant trade with one quite as large and
remuneraiive at their very doors. l
should not overlook, in the causes which
have revived the commercial metropolis
of the Pacific Coast, the marvellous immi.
grafton which the enlightened policy of
the Southern counties has called to this
! State, the overflow from which the cen.
tral and northern counties have enjoyed,
with lis natural healthful influence on
the Golden Gate.
GREAT BUILDING oUTLAYs-THE REVIVAL
IN SHIP BUILDING.
Yes, San Francisco is again surely or
the up grade, and her moneyed men are
showing their faith by their works. This
growth is mainly towards the southwark
along Market street to the west. The
great cable road system OF the city has
been an important foclor in this move
ment. They are creating new city out
toward the Park, very eligible and
attractive one at that, where the air is
pure and the natural conformation
Of the ground admits of satisfactory
drainage. In the business portion of
the city many strikingly elegant ana ex.
pen,ivo buildings have been erected and
others are in course of erection.
Walkerley's building, superb structure
on the corner of Post and Stockton
streets, would grace any city. Here
the members of the Union Club will
have their new quarters, and stylish and
luxurious to nicely they are. The
Hotel Richie, which was built by the
Davis Bros, of the Golden Rule Bazaar,
ornaments the corner of Geary street
and Grant avenue. Ii at once proves
that San Francisco business men are
making money, and that the latest
niceties in the way of architectural fin.
ish and the acme of the upholsterers'
trade, are attained in this burg. Two
business structures conspicuous for their
beauty and utility were completed at the